I am a member of Mensa, but was smart enough to marry a woman with "street smarts".
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Me too...
(I kinda guessed about you)
Equivalency chart:
http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/psychology/iq-conversion.html
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I am a member of Mensa, but was smart enough to marry a woman with "street smarts".
I wonder whether this includes the effects of SAT prep programs that, while now almost ubiquitous, were pretty much unknown 40+ years ago when I took the test. According to the College Board, who administers the tests, 20 hours of test prep results in an average gain of 115 points on the SAT. Since this presumably doesn't cause a similar gain in the raw intelligence of the test taker one would think this might skew this IQ estimate pretty strongly.
While I do remember my SAT score (since I had to regurgitate it for college applications over several months) my GRE scores are long forgotten.
Guess I'll just never know if I'm smart or not.
Interesting wording on the CB websiteI wonder whether this includes the effects of SAT prep programs that, while now almost ubiquitous, were pretty much unknown 40+ years ago when I took the test. According to the College Board, who administers the tests, 20 hours of test prep results in an average gain of 115 points on the SAT. Since this presumably doesn't cause a similar gain in the raw intelligence of the test taker one would think this might skew this IQ estimate pretty strongly.
While I do remember my SAT score (since I had to regurgitate it for college applications over several months) my GRE scores are long forgotten.
Apparently, the gain is from your last test.New data show studying for the SAT® for 20 hours on free Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy is associated with an average score gain of 115 points, nearly double the average score gain compared to students who don’t use Khan Academy.
Now if only there were a free IQ test on the web somewhere. All the ones I've seen either charge a tidy sum or appear to be a scam to get your email address.
I'm smart enough to know that I've met people who were smarter with no common sense, smarter with common sense, not as smart but with a lot of common sense, and not as smart with little common sense.
I'm smart enough to know that no matter how good you are at doing something, there's a very good chance that there are others that are better.
I'm smart enough to know there is a lot of things I'm not very smart about.
The problem was when stuff came easy there was not an incentive to develop good study habits. It also made one lazy. I did just enough to get by, and I am not proud of it.For those of you whose IQ are at genius level, what came easier for you compare/relative to others? What made you different, growing up? What worked against you?
One of my first bosses pestered me to take the Mensa test and join the society. He was really insistent.
I do know that very often (and again, proven here on this forum) that I tend to see things from a slightly different angle than most people.
I'm smart enough to know that I've met people who were smarter with no common sense, smarter with common sense, not as smart but with a lot of common sense, and not as smart with little common sense.
I'm smart enough to know that no matter how good you are at doing something, there's a very good chance that there are others that are better.
I'm smart enough to know there is a lot of things I'm not very smart about.
I know what I know and call 'em as I see 'em.
I do know that very often (and again, proven here on this forum) that I tend to see things from a slightly different angle than most people.
I took a fake IQ test that resulted in even near idiots getting a genius score. I was too young at the time to know what IQ meant, so I'm not sure it had the intended effect. Only years later did I learn the test was fake, and was reminded I had taken the test years before. Did fine on the SAT, but not exceptional. Never took a real IQ test.